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BAGGAGE GHBGK. No. 268,591. Patented Dec. 5,1832;

THIS CHECK TO BE GIVENA PASSENBER,WHU

HOLDS A TlCKEl'PEFLRUUTE AS CARE IN HULUER .TD EFRDIVI A STATION ON THEN. PETERS. Plmwl'rlhograp her. Washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

THOMAS-ABBOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAGGAGE-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,591, dated December5, 1882.

Application filed May 3, 188 1. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ABBOTT, a resident of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented an Improved Baggage- (Jheck Holder, ofwhich the followingis a specificalion.

My invention relates to haggagechecks, adapted to checking back andforth over different lines of railroads to any'given station and return,as indicated upon the check and holder. 7 H

The details of construction are as follows:

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents the original plate fora baggage-check holder as first stamped out of the metal. Fig. 2 showsthe face of the holder when completed, with the strap attached. Fig. 3shows the back of the holder when completed, with part of the backturned over, with strap attached. Fig.4 representsthe check or cardbefore being inserted in the holder. Fig. 5 shows the check .which isgiven to the passenger.

The metal plate is about five inches in length and about oneandthree-quarters inch in width, the face-plate, as shown in Fig. 1, F F,being about one-quarter of an inch less in width than the back plate, GG. The back plate is bent up about one-eighth of an inch at each edge BB B B, and bent over reversely from the face at C (J, as seen at H, inFig. 3. The face-plate F F, which is one-quarter inch less in width Ithan the back plate, GrGr, is bent over at AA,

and fits into and between the bent-up edgesof the back plate, so as tomake an inclosed space,

' stamped in the metal above it to designate the route. The third orlower one is about onequarter inch in width, and has the word to stampedin the metal above it to show the destination of the baggage or otherarticle to which the holder is attached.

At D is the inclosed space between the face and the back of the holder,into which is inserted the check or card, Fig. 4, which is madepreferably of thick light-colored paper, on which is printed or writtenthe starting-point,

the route, and the destination, and which, at

tachable therefrom, and the reverse side or back of the check is thesame as the face, Fig. 4, the lettering omitted.

On the back of the holder, Fig. 3, is stamped in themetal the directionsfor use, which can be seen and read, as the strap does not cover (andthis is one of the features of my device) the lettering,in the followingwords: Reverse the card in this holder and use in return to a station onthe [for example] N. Y.,-L. E. 85W. R. B. only. If this holder 1s notrequired for use in 30 days, return to the general baggage office [forexample] N. Y., L. E. 86 W. B. R. 100 A. The check, Fig. 5, which is tobe given to the passenger consists of a metal plate about two inches inlength and about one and three-quarters inch in width. On the face of itis stamped in the metal the directions in the following wordsflThischeck to be given a passenger who holds a ticket per route as card inholder to or from a station on the [for example} N. Y., L. E. 85 W. B.It. only 100 A. The back of this check, Fig; 5, is plain.

The strap K is about ten inches in length and about five-eighths of aninch in width, with a slit about three and one-half inches long out intoit to pass the holder through for the purpose of attaching it to thearticle to be transported. The end of the strap is secured to the holderunder H, Fig. 3, and is about one inch in width, to keep it from beingdrawn through the hole. The holes for the strap to pass through areshown at X, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5. The strap,

when secured under H, passes through holes X, Fig. 3, thence throughhole X, Fig. 4, when the card shown in Fig. 4 is inserted; thencethrough hole X, Fig. 5, when the check shown in Fig. 5 is not in use.

By means of the construction of the holder,

so as to jam the card in the holder and. render it difficult of removal.The operation of my secured by the strap, the holderand check willdevice is as follows: The card is placed in the holder, with the strappassed through the card, and the destination, 850., is very apparentthrough the slots. By means of the lip L the check may be readilyinserted in the holder, as the lip serves as a guide. The check isthereby securely incased in the holder, and there is no liability ofloss of the baggage or its going astray by reason of the plain andfullyvisihle directions, which may be read at a glance. The handling ofmy device is facilitated, as it simply requires the removal of the heused the more readily in return to the first starting-point or otherstation on the railroad issuing the check.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- A baggage-checkholder formed from a single piece of metal, with a slotted side, havinga lip to guide the check or card readily into the holder, and a plainside, with flanges bent over,

so as to form a rigid and strong holder for the protection ot'the checkor card, with directions as to the routeand destination appearing on oneside of the holder through the slots, the other side of the holderbearing directions to a place of return, and having also a strapadjacent to itsmouth, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS ABBOTT.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. STEPHENS, WALTER J. FOSTER.

